I guess it's time to jump into the dicussion about Ambrose Sr. I have gonethru some of the material that I have and came up with the following items.

1) "Ambrose Blackburn m. Elizabeth Jones, a relative of Gabriel Jones" - TheBlackburn Genealogy by Vinnetta Wells Ranke, p. 68. There is NO documention,wills, clues etc to support this statement.

2) "Ambrose Sr probably came from Ireland. Ambrose Sr is SAID TO HAVEMARRIED ELIZABETH JONES", p 18, The Benj. Blackburn Family by W. A.Challacombe. Again, no documentation, no wills, no deeds, no clues.

3) Elias Blackborn (son of Christopher and Abigail, b. abt 1690). severalchildren, one named Ambrose (b., abt 1720 d 1813), married Susanna, named inhis will, as well as his children. Also at the same time there is anotherAmbrose Blackburn m. Clara Lundrum, m. abt 1798, named as husband in a landinheritance dispute in the Ludrum family. All of the people lived in Essexand Caroline Co, Va, born and died there. Neither of these two Ambrose couldbe ours, too much documentation to the continuous living in Essex and Carolinecos, Va - "The Blackburn Family of Essex and Caroline Cos, Va" by Mrs. BessieGahn, Washington DC chapt of DAR....for those of you who have tracked this, there is a good posibility thatChristopher was married twice, the above Abigail was #2, the first Katherinewho appears on two deed records, and the Ambrose were all hunting was fromwife #1. The clue is in Christopher's will, in that he states, "this be mylast will and testamt; revoking and annulling all other Wills either by wordor writing by me formerly made and this onely to be and stand in fullforce....". 4) "Ambrose Sr" probably born in Ireland". No wife is mentioned. p. 126"Blackburn Family" by Mrs. Claud Fitts, Mrs. James George, Mrs. John Thigpen,Mrs Gordon Smith, Georgia Society DAR, Cherokee Chapter - Atlanta. This bookdoes mentin the following: William Blackburn, b. 1653 England, m. Elizabeth________, lived in Glouster Parish, Va, had several children, but Hannah b.abt 1720 m. CHARLES JONES in 1743 and her sister, Millicient b. 1727, marriedCHRUCHILL JONES in 1744.

5) Ambrose Sr. m. Hannah Ashley and had dau Ann born 1750 in Rowan Co(present day Surry Co), NC, Ann m. John Reynolds (their son was John AshleyReynolds)...History of Surry and History of Wilkes co, under the Reynoldsfamily. There is no other wife mentioned anywhere in any deeds, signing ofdower rights, wills etc. Also, no other children are named in connection tothe above Hanna Ashley. Could she have been a second wife? With what we knowabout Ambrose Sr sons, this is possible. What we have confirmed is thatAmbrose had the following children:Augustine - deed of gift, named as son. M. Elizabeth ________, she is namedin a land sale, as Augustine and Elizabeth were living in Wilkes Co, but theland wasin Stokes Co. Newman - deed of gift, his will states his wife's name was ElizabethAmbrose Jr. - deed of gift, and a bond posted to administer the estate of hisfatherAmbrose sr, 1777 in Surry co, NC....will of Robert Cook, 1 jan 1780, mentions dau Mary Blackburn living athome, and Ambrose Blackburn is Jr. is the exr of estate.

6) 1768 Rowan Co, NC Tax returns, Upper Dan River Lists Ambrose Blackburn Srwith Ambrose Jr. and Augustine living with him. Next door is NewmanBlackburn, William Halbort and Thomas Smether Hill in same household (ThomasSmathers Hill is named in his fathers will, and his sister Elizabeth m. aHalbert, first name unknown). also in same neighborhood is James Charles (seebelow). No Jones family is listed.

HILL-HALBERT-JONES

1) Mary Hill is the daughter of Rev. William Hill jr (`1737-1792) and HanniahElizabeth Halbert (1742-abt 1811). she married one Osborn Childress in StokesCo, NC.2) Joel Halbert came from Wales to Va abt 1725, he married ElIZABETH JONES(dau of Frances Randolph and John Jones) m. abt 1740 in Caroline co, Va andthey had the following children:John HalbertWilliam Halbert m. Elizabeth HillJoel HalbertMartha Halbert m. Robert HillElizabeth Halbert m. William HillFrancis Halbert m. AMBROSE BLACKBURN SR....this is from GENEALOGIES OF VA FAMILIES Vol III, from Va, Magazine ofHistory and Bio.

3)...Bond of oct 1754 in Caroline co, va names Joel Halbert, who daughter isSarah, now wife of James Charles....Deed of Jan 1757 Caroline Co, names SarahHalbert Charles as great grandaughter of John Cook...John cook m.____, theirdaughter Mary Cook m. William Halbert, and their son Joel m. ElLIZABETHFRANCIS JONES about 1735.

4) William Hill d. 1777 in Surry Co, NC. His will states childrens names,dau Elizabeth HALBERT.5) there are several deeds, bill of sales etc. in Surry and Stokes Co, thathave the Blackburns, Hills and Halberts as wits. for each other and with eachother for othe people.6) Hannah Blackburn m. Charles Jones 27 aug 1743, Middlesec Co, Va....AmbroseJones died nov 1792 in NC, married Cahterine Collins in NC.

Sorry this is kind of long, but I have been collecting bits and pieces ofstuff. I hope this info will help some of you all to sort out who Ambrose Sr.was married to. If anyone can add to this, jump right in!Chris Schupp TomlinAmbrose Sr - Augustine - William - Eli Augustine - Nancy Caroline -AdaChildress - Naomi Garris - Chris Schupp....my line